When Clients Sabotage Their Own Lawyers: 15 Shocking Courtroom Blunders You Won’t Believe
He said you could see the faces of the jury members sour minute on minute. He lost the case.
Client added 9 years to a short sentence. He got like a year or 2 for being involved in a drag race that the other guy crashed and severely injured someone else. Then towards the end of his short prison term he tried to escape, got 9 more years for prison escape! He became friends with John Lennon’s killer in NY prison, which was interesting.
Client returns to court drunk after luncheon adjournment. Falls asleep, and his head drops right into the side of the witness box, whereupon he proceeds to snore. Loudly.
Pro bono VAWA case. Should have been a straightforward petition. Ran a FOIA search on the client before the final submission just in case. Turns out she had been deported from Guam and then while her immigration ban was still in place she entered the mainland US without status (= permanently ineligible for adjustment). When I asked why she had not disclosed this during intake, her response was: “Oh, I thought Guam was its own country and not part of the US, so it wouldn’t matter.” .
Not in the US, but the judge asked if the defendant was remorseful (if you show regrets, you can have some leniency). “No”. The guy didn’t understand the question, and when he doesn’t, he just usually says “no”.
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